War Under Jungle Law

Posted By Blackfive • [August 10, 2005]

Michael Yon has another great post up - Jungle Law.  Here's a bit from it - just before his Stryker finds an IED, terrorists, and an ambush:

...As the ramp on our Stryker began to close, I inserted earplugs, pulled a fire-retardant hood over my head, put on my helmet and buckled the chin strap, then pulled the ballistic goggles over my eyes.

Flash burns from bombs are deadly. I’ve seen it many times: anything exposed is fried in an instant. Skin and flesh just peel-off. The super-hot flashes also melt contact lenses to eyeballs before people can blink. Years ago, when I was a jumpmaster, I remember sticking my face outside the aircraft to check surroundings, and my eyelids slapped and flopped in the torrent. That was only about hurricane force winds. The blast in an explosion opens the eyelids, fusing the melted contacts to the eyeballs. Smart soldiers don’t wear contacts in combat, but others often do...

Be sure to read the whole post.  Please sponsor Yon (keep him supplied, fed, protected and motivated).  I'm sponsoring him again today. 

See the post below for info on Yon's radio interview Sunday where you can call in with questions for him.

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War Under Jungle Law

Michael Yon has another great post up - Jungle Law.  Here's a bit from it - just before his Stryker finds an IED, terrorists, and an ambush:

...As the ramp on our Stryker began to close, I inserted earplugs, pulled a fire-retardant hood over my head, put on my helmet and buckled the chin strap, then pulled the ballistic goggles over my eyes.

Flash burns from bombs are deadly. I’ve seen it many times: anything exposed is fried in an instant. Skin and flesh just peel-off. The super-hot flashes also melt contact lenses to eyeballs before people can blink. Years ago, when I was a jumpmaster, I remember sticking my face outside the aircraft to check surroundings, and my eyelids slapped and flopped in the torrent. That was only about hurricane force winds. The blast in an explosion opens the eyelids, fusing the melted contacts to the eyeballs. Smart soldiers don’t wear contacts in combat, but others often do...

Be sure to read the whole post.  Please sponsor Yon (keep him supplied, fed, protected and motivated).  I'm sponsoring him again today. 

See the post below for info on Yon's radio interview Sunday where you can call in with questions for him.

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